Social Justice
Policies for better working conditions at the local level might reduce social and economic inequities. Such policies are particularly significant for cities in which a vast
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September 12, 2016 // 1 Comment
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will not be renewing contracts with private corporations running prisons, eliminating over 22,000 beds or 12 percent of the
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September 5, 2016 // 0 Comments
Stanford rapist Brock Turner, who made headlines earlier this year when he was sentenced to a mere 6 months for 3 counts of sexual assault (all of which he was found guilty
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September 5, 2016 // 1 Comment
Critics of Islam have long touted Western values in the face of feminine oppression and outright misogyny. Of course, many of these criticisms are hypocritical at best,
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August 29, 2016 // 2 Comments
This Rio Olympics, one of the hottest topics on social media is shedding light on yet another form of sexism: namely, the manner in which female Olympians are described, in
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August 23, 2016 // 2 Comments
The wage gap is an issue that is now becoming a central political issue. Bernie Sanders made it an issue, as did Hillary Clinton. (And both campaigns were accused of
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August 23, 2016 // 0 Comments
Despite knowing better we all too quickly determine that the homeless population has earned itself its fate—addiction, bad decisions, laziness, etc. This serves as a coping
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August 16, 2016 // 5 Comments
North Carolina’s House Bill Two, Part One, formally called the Public Facilities Privacy And Security Act, addresses the use of single-sex, multiple occupancy bathrooms and
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August 16, 2016 // 0 Comments
The current level of the minimum wage ($7.25/hour) is far too low by any reasonable standard as per “Raise that Wage”. It is not even half of what Economist Dean Baker
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August 16, 2016 // 1 Comment
Rose Lokonyen, Anjelina Lohalith, James Chiengjiek, Yiech Biel, and Paulo Lokoro of South Sudan. Yonas Kinde of Ethiopia, Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika of the Congo, as
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August 8, 2016 // 3 Comments